Card for railway-cars.



y nps. MGBWING.

GARD FOR' RAILWAY GARST APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1911.

Patentl Ma1224, 191@ m w51 Si 771/7? eqsesx h declare the following to be a ful car on its -journey I 7b all whom it may concern.'

a citizen of the United States,

nummers. nrcawnre, or CHICAGO, rumors,

cran ron aernwamcnas. l

Locaties.

Beit known that I, DUNCAN' S. MoEWINo, residing at Ch1cago, county of Cook, State'of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improve'me'nt inCardsfor.Railway-Cars, and

clear, and exact description of the same, such 'as will enable othersfskilled in the art to which it ertains to make and use the same, reference i had tothe accompanying drawings, whic form a art of this' specification.

One ofl thev diflicult 'railroad' problems' is the rapid disposition of freight vcars so `as 15 send t to kee the yards. clear of foreigncars and lliem on their way to the road to which they belong. It is the practice to make a per vdiem charge against a railroad comany for the full time during which a oreign car remains in its possession. A definite time is required for carrying the from the junction point and for returning it to the junction'point, and anyadditional time between the receipt of a foreign car at a junction point and its delivery to its home road is a Waste for which the road paying the per diem charge receives no valuable return.`

One of the most common-causes of delay is due to Athe inability of the yard master or clerk to determine what shall be done with a foreign car returned to his yard until he can receive the desired informationthrough the office force of his road, this often involving considerable correspondence and often `occasioning delays of many days in the case' of to its home road without an individual car. If a foreign'car is properly marked upon lts recelpt at a junctlon point and this marking remains on the car until fit has been returned to the junction polnt on its way home, the yard master andi apprised of the disclerks are immediately position to be made` of the car when received by them and can therefore cause it to be returned'to the-junction point and delivered delay, thus keeping the yards clear of dead rolling stock and saving the per diem charge which would follow if the yard masters and clerks had to obtain the desired information from the.

'office force in the routine way.

` Speolcation of Letters Eatent. j 'Application led June 116, 1911.

which' remain on the car.

Patented Mar. 2d, Mild. Serial No. $33,483.

lIt is customary to provide yard clerks with so-called junction cards intended to be tacked on the sides cars when received and to remain til the ear is returned to the junction pointl of foreign always many foreign cars at junction points waiting to be returned to the road from they were originally received. The principal objectot my invention is to produce a nodel card which will make it impossible for a 'foreign car to start on its journey from a junction pointvvithout carrying with it data which will enable the yard masters and clerks to start the car back on its return journey, Without delay, and upon the return of the car to the junction point, to send it immediately to the railroad from which it Was initially received.

Before a car can be coupled into a train it must be properly carded so as to show Where it is to go and therefore every car 'which is received at a junction point. and sent 0n its journey must always have on it a card showing the point to which it is to be carried.

In accordance with my invent-ion I make use of a combination card which shall take the place of the heretofore independent final road and home route or juno tion card, making it necessary for the yard clerk to place on every car the home route or junction card Whenever he makes a foreign car ready lto 'start on its journey; the arrangement being such that the home route or junction card will after the end of the -journey has been reached and the final road card torn off.

The various featuresn of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinn after be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advanwhich are.

tages reference may be had to the following I detailed description taken in connectionl With the accompanying drawing, Whereln:

Figure l 1s a pl improved cards unfolded; Fig. 21s a view an view of one of my similar toFig. 1 showing the card folded; Figg is a, yView similar to Fi 2 of a fragment of a card showing a slight modication; Figsi is a view similar to Fig. 2 show- 5 ing aefurther modilieation; Figs. 5 and 6 4are views similar to Fig. 2 showing still further modioations; and Fig. 7 shows a fragment of the card illustrated in Fig. 6 in its unfolded condition.

ing, 1 and 2 represent the two members of a combination card adapted to be placed on a ear in a folded condition with the ym mber 1 overlying the member 2.

indicatihg the nal road and the home route of'a car, but the card may also be used for the purpose or carrying data .and instruou tions of other kinds which it is desirable to place on a car at the time of its recei t. For example, one of the members of he card may be used' for the purposeof carrying switching directions. l

Referring again to Figs. 1 and 2.o the drawing, the card is folded along line 3, the card being preferably scored, perforated or both scored and perforated along this erably 'done on the inside of the fold as this permits a cleaner tear to be made across the end of the member 2 thenivhere the scoring on the outside. The cards are made out by the office force oi the railroad using them and are delivered" to the yard clerk' instead ot' the two cards which have P,ieretc-loi'e been used. .The yard clerkv is e;; mpelled to place a card corresponding to the member 1 on the car since .otherwise the 'or cannot start on its journey, but heretore there has been no means for insuring 1" 'I corresponding to the-)'men'iber. y attached at the .same timeyand i' p-'ailure of the yardclerlr to :1i-tach sul,...l a card has resulted in long ex l.--rensive delays whenever a car has been returned to a junction pdi'nt.. Since my invention makes the two cards in one, the ard clerk compelled to fasten both cards in the car before the-car can leave and {"ifieretore when the car"is`r \,turned it bears libreotions as to the ldisposition to be' made iuereo'h Reim-ling t0 Figs 1 and 2 of the draw:

The, is t(n fjg'ortion's of the cards are provided Wit-hy lso yas to sever the upper .card without injuring the one beneath and without pulling out the tacks'- which hold the latter in place.

line.' 1Where there is scoring, this is pref-- The combination card is adapted to vbe tacked to the side of a. ear and, in order t0 make it effective, it. must be .so eenstruetea and so astenedthat the 'upper member may be torn away' after `it has served its purpose withoutteeriig @it or injuring the under card. @neo-f the first things to guard against is the accidental tearing away of both cards When aclerk attempts totear ol'thefupper one. I guard against this by so constructing the tWo mem ers of the card that the upper member may be grasped i in a natural Way Jfor ,tearing it oit .Without touching the under member. This may be accomplished by making the under member V smaller thanthe upper member, by cutting away one or vmore corners of the under member er by adopting both of these expedients. In .the arrangement shown I have made the member 2 shorter than the other and have also cutaway the .corners S5 of the under member at the free lend thereof, 'as indicated at lsand 5 so that the upperk :member may be grasped either at its lower ,end or at onev of the free corners, Without bringing 'the clerks lingers in contact with the under member. q

lt is necessary-that the paper of cards of this kind be comparatively tough in order .that it may stand up -under the various VWeather conditions y W 1 v ch are encountered and under the Wind pressure vdue toa rapidly moving tram The fact-or oftoughness of the paper introduces .another problem,

namely that of insuring .a good clean tear lef.

One of the features of my invention 'conlgsists in placing the tack 'which holds thetw'o free ends ofthe card'in such,amanner that a. small pieceoffth'e upper card .will tear away easily and vwill remainy as a 'washer betweenl the head of" the tack and4 the under card. This can conveniently be laccomplished by cutting a short curved slit in the member 1 at a point lying near the free end of the member 2 when the card is folded, thus forming a small taolr-receiving tab. When the card is tacked through this tab and the upper member-fis grasped at the lower left han'd corner, the tab Will readily tear from the body portion of thecard and will leave the tack undisturbed.

have found that simply scoring or A creasing the card at the fold doesnot insure a clean tear Where theipaper is tough and heavy, but the tear is apt to leave the line of the fold and pass down into the under card. vIn, order to prevent injury 'o thel under member in this manner I have shaped the card in such a. manner that the under member Will'be tacked securely inplaceand will be held rin While the upper member is.

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' means for insuring non'omas being torn away,-

the starting of the tear along the line desired. These ends-may vbe attained by removing a portion or portions of the upper member in the vicinity of the fold and slitting the card for a short dis# tance adjacent to the eut awayl portion. Inl

the arrangement shown in Figs.,1 and 2 I have out away both of the corners of the lup- Vbo per member adjacent to the fold, rounding off the co-rners thus formed on lat least one side of the card as indicated at 7, 8 and 9. This leaves small sections of the under member exposed adjacent to the fold for the piupose of receiving tacks and it also strength-1' ens the upper member so that there will he no danger of tearing except at the fold which, as I have alrea ry' stated, is preferably creased or scored or both creased 'and scored. Furthermore the upper curve 9. gradually approaches the line of fold `and serves the purpose of a short thereby'making it easy to start the tear.- vIt Awill be seen that the top of theunder me firmly held againstthe car by the tacks ber is so that there is no danger of tearing the up-l per end of the underA card loose rom the' car; this firm support for the under card `the upper card member-is provided with a y central hole 10 near the top thereof through which a tack may be driven for the purpose of holding the under card; In Fig. It I Yhave modicd the deviceeby` simply rounding the `upper corners of' theupper card member 1a as indicated at 1l and 12these rounded portions performing the same functions as the curve 9 in Figs'. l` and 2; the upper tacks being driven through holes 13 located in the upper member near the' fold and of a vsize sulicient to permit tacks to be driven y through the under member without engaging card member, l

with the overlying member. v.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a still further modification. Both of the upper left hand corners of the two cards are cut away along a cunyed line as' indicated at 14, this serving to direct the tear into the fold. The upper is provided with a hole 15 extending clear fto -the fold at a short distance within the left hand ledge. One of the tacks may member through this hole. The corner formed by the hole 15 nearest the center of the card is cut away along a, curved line as indicated at 16 so that the..tear Iwill take a second start after the fold has been torn from the outer edge to the hole and will proand I furtherl provide the tack.

slit in-one end of the fold,`

, acturing and placing have shown an arrangement 4which is superposed be driven into the .lower cardV coed cleanly across the card. The. up er right hand corner of the under member be fastened in place by means of ya tack driven` throu h a tack-receivin tab formed: by means o a short curved Sgt 17 near the upper' right per' right hand corner of the upper card member This ltab will tear away fromthe dy portion of thecard without disturbing 'InFga .6 and 7 I have shown a-still furl ther modification, 1','being rovided with vertical slits 19 Vexten downwardl' a shortdistance'within t e The fold is also' distance inward y from sides of the' car.

fold between the-slits being referably perforated'as indicated at 22 of the fold being perforated or creased as indicated at 23.

Itwillf thus be seen that'Ihave provided. a

sim le novel combination card which nee 4notbe .more ex nsivethgn the. two cards heretofore inten ed for th l jame pur- Eosaand which rwlllinsure thelfjscmg of oth cards on every car which is s'nt out.

Furthermore the attaching' of'the do ble card requires lesswork and fewer tackst any 1s the case where two separate cardsare used and therefore the total expense of manuthe double card in posltion is somewhat less Vthan in the case-of two individual cards so'that there is here a `small savirgin addition to the great saving e reason of the presence which isi-e cted by of both ucards on every car which is sent out.

1. A card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of which is superposed upon the other, the under member having one of the cornerscut away at the free end to permit one corner of the hand .corner of the u the upper card member referably slitted for a shortfrom the fold at the sl-:tslsv and 19 as m'dlcated at 20 and 21,-the portion of the' an the remainder upper member to be grasped without disturbing the under member, and there being suitably designated spaces on the upper face of each of said members for the reception of car data. l

2. A card for'railway cars 'folded' upon itself to produce two members onep oi. upon theother, tbe under memberv being shorter than the upper member and having one of the corners cut away at the free end, and there being .suitably'designated spaces on the upper face of ea'ch of said of car data.

3; 'A card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of which is superposed upon the other, the un der members for the reception vmember being smallerthan the upper mem- `ber to permit the latter -to bclgrasped atene edge-without disturbing the under member,

marks for locating tacks so arranged that at .least one of the tacks placed in the positions indicated by the marks will pass through eah of saidniembers. f

4i cardfor railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of which is superposed upon the other, the under member beingl smaller than the upper niember to permit the latter to be grasped at one edge without disturbing the under member, marks for locating tacks so arranged that at least one of the tacks placed ijn the positions indicated by the marks will p'as's through each of said members and at least one o the tacks will pass through only one 'of said members.

5. A card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of which is supei'posed upon the other, the under member being smaller than the upper member to permit the latter to be grasped at one edge without disturbing the under member, the upper member having a short slit -tab out therein yat a point above the 'under member.

'ZQA card for railway cars folded upon.

I Yitself to produce two-members one of' which is superposed upon the other, the under member being smaller than the upper member to permit the latter to be grasped at one odgewithout disturbing the under member, the upper member only having a portion removed therefrom near theI fold t0 permit a tack to be driven through the under member without passing-through the 'upper member.

' 8. A card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of which n is supcrposedupon the other, theunder member being cut away at a point beneath one edge of the upper member so as to permit the latter to be .grasped at .said edge.

without disturbing l`the under member, the

upper member i y ner cut away adjacent to the fold to provide room for driving atack throjigh the under member and afford a starting point for tearing the upper member away.

t). A' card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one of. which is supei'posed upon the other, the under mem-- bei' being smaller than the upper member to` only having at least one cor-- upper member only having 'a portion ire moved therefrom next to the fold toI permit f a tack 'to be driventhrough the under member without passing through the upper inember, and the corner left at the inner. side-by the removal of said portion 'being rounded graduallyinto the fold.`

l0. A card for railway cars is superposed upon the other, the under'member being cut away at a point beneath one disturbing the under member, the upper member only having at least one corner cut away adjacent to and curved. gradually into' I the fold to provide roomy fordriving a tack through the under member, and afford a I folded upon itself to produce two members one of. which starting point for tearing the upper member away. f

1l. A card for railway cars folded upon itself to produce two members one 'of which is superposed upon the other, the under member being cut away beneath one edge of the` upper member to permit the latter to be grasped at the said edge without disturbing the under member,` the upper member only v j having at least one corner cut away adjacent to the fold to provide room for driving' a tack through the under member 'and afford a starting 4point for tearing the. upper member away, and the'fold being slit for a short distance adjacent to the said corner.

12. A 'card for railway cars folded upon itself. to produce two members one of which is superposed upon the other, the under member being cut away beneath one edge of the upper member to `permit the latter.- to bev *grasped at-the said edge without disturbing.

the under member, .the upper member 'only.-

having at least one corner cut away adjacent to the. fold .toprovide room for driving a tack through the under member and afford a starting .point for tearing the upper member away, and the upper member also having a'sliort curved slit cut therein above the free -end ofthe under membrto form a' tackreceiving tab.

13. `A` .card for railway cars lfolded iipon itself to produce two. members one of which4 is super'pcsed upontheother, the under member being out away beneath one edge of the upperk memberto permit' the latter. to be grasped-at the said'edge without disturbing the under member, there being marks for tacks locatedat'fsome 'distance from said edge, and the upperfaces of said members having suitably designated spaces .for data relative to the carto which the card istobe attached. l

14. 'A card for 4railway cars foldedfupon itself to .produce twoimembers one of'which is superposed upon the otherfthe under mem- 'ber being shorter than the uppermembert'o I permit the latter to be grasped at one elge tab out therein. above the free end of the Without disturbing theunder member, the. myrder member" upper member only having at least one cor 111 testimony whereof, I sign this specifiner cut away adjacent to the fold to 'provide cation in the presence 0f two Witnesses. room .for driving a tack through the under DUNCAN S. MUEWING. member und ilord. a starting point for tearing t'leupper member away, and the upper member :also having small inch-receiving 1 Witnesses t WM. f.- ERENUENREIGH. RUBY VI BRYD'GES. 

